British soldier becomes a multimillionaire overnight after watching a Betway TV advert inviting him to sign up. And sign up he did, hitting the biggest jackpot ever paid after only 7 minutes.
Lance Corporal Jon Heywood, 26, vowed to use the money to get the ‘best possible medical treatment’ for his father, who awaits heart and lung transplant. Jon said in an interview by The Sun: ‘I couldn’t believe that I’d won all this money at the time – and it still hasn’t sunk in. It’s amazing. The first thing I will spend it on is the best possible medical treatment for my dad. That’s more important than anything. Family comes first and I’d give all this money back for him to be healthy again.’ He continued: ‘I’m trying not to get carried away and I really don’t know what else I’m going to buy with the money, apart from a yellow Bentley Continental GT. I never even dreamed of driving a Bentley, let alone owning one. I’ve got a Fiat Punto at the moment.’
The happy winner hit the jackpot little before Midnight on Tuesday, but had to keep his win in secret for three whole days, says the news in The Daily Mail and he even went to work the next day as if nothing had happened.
Jon was watching TV in his Crewe, Cheshire home when he saw the Betway Casino advert and decided to give it a try with a £30 deposit. Only 7 minutes in, he hit the Mega Moolah progressive jackpot, breaking the Guinness World Record for the highest online jackpot ever paid. The previous record also belonged to the same Microgaming slot and stood at 17,861,813€. With the euro-to-pound exchange rate at the time of the win, Jon’s jackpot brought him a total of 17,879,645.12€.